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Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: December 15, 2020 8:04:32 am Biden has promised to reverse Trump’s decision to walk out of the 2015 Paris Accord on climate change on his first day at the White House. (Ilustration by C R Sasikumar) As the US formally declares Joe Biden as the next president, one …

The Coalition government this week released its much-anticipated Low Emissions Technology Statement that targeted five different technologies for rapid development: clean hydrogen, energy storage, low-carbon materials (steel and aluminium), carbon capture and storage and soil carbon. The plan was immediately criticised by many experts for shunning proven renewable energy generation, but others were cautiously optimistic. …

Nearly 10,000 cases of heart disease and stroke and 1,500 cases of cancer could have been avoided in England if the coalition government had not switched to a voluntary deal with the food industry to cut salt in food, say researchers. The Responsibility Deal was introduced in 2011 by Andrew Lansley, then health secretary. The …